Hartford Whalers vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, January 6, 1996 · FleetCenter
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Hartford Whalers 5–2 on Saturday, January 6, 1996 at FleetCenter. The Bruins outshot the Whalers 34–28.
Goals came from Adam Oates, Mariusz Czerkawski, Don Sweeney, Kevin Stevens, Sami Kapanen, Cam Neely and Brendan Shanahan.
Craig Billington made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Sean Burke stopped 24 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Adam Oates (11)Todd Elik (9), Dean Chynoweth (4)0–115:08 BOS
2nd period
Mariusz Czerkawski (5)Kevin Stevens (12), Adam Oates (26)0–207:52 BOS
Don Sweeney (2)Todd Elik (10), Adam Oates (27)0–311:44 BOS · 
Kevin Stevens (10)Mariusz Czerkawski (6), Clayton Beddoes (4)0–415:11 BOS
Sami Kapanen (1)Mark Janssens (3), Paul Ranheim (6)1–415:57 HFD
Cam Neely (20)Adam Oates (28), Todd Elik (11)1–516:28 BOS
3rd period
Brendan Shanahan (17)Adam Burt (3)2–501:12 HFD
Team stats
HFDBOS
2834
0%0%
0/61/4
5033
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:28 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 19:07 into the first periodKyle McLaren · high sticking2 min
- 19:38 into the first period
Glen Wesley · hooking obstruction2 min - 3:15 into the second periodCam Neely · interference obstruction2 min
- 7:52 into the second periodCraig Billington · goalie leave crease2 min
- 7:52 into the second periodMariusz Czerkawski · roughing2 min
- 7:52 into the second periodKyle McLaren · fighting5 min
- 7:52 into the second periodKyle McLaren · game misconduct10 min
- 7:52 into the second periodKelly Chase · fighting5 min
- 7:52 into the second periodKelly Chase · game misconduct10 min
- 7:52 into the second periodScott Daniels · cross checking double minor4 min
- 7:52 into the second periodScott Daniels · fighting5 min
- 7:52 into the second periodScott Daniels · misconduct10 min
- 7:52 into the second periodScott Daniels · game misconduct10 min
- 1:48 into the third periodShawn McEachern · interference obstruction2 min
- 5:04 into the third periodJon Rohloff · interference obstruction2 min
- 9:32 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 14:05 into the third periodClayton Beddoes · elbowing2 min
- 14:05 into the third periodClayton Beddoes · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 14:05 into the third periodMark Janssens · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 22Mark JanssensC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 94Brendan ShanahanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Scott DanielsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Steve MartinsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 39Kelly ChaseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 20Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Jeff BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 36Glen FeatherstoneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | L | 29 | 5 | .828 |
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | 5 | 0 | 1.000 |
Boston Bruins
| 12Adam OatesC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Todd ElikL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 19Mariusz CzerkawskiR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Cam NeelyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 37Clayton BeddoesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Dean ChynowethD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Shawn McEachernL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 17Dave ReidL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Ted DonatoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Jozef StumpelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Steve HeinzeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 45Sandy MogerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 34Rick ZomboD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 38Jon RohloffD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 46Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 7 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | W | 28 | 2 | .929 |
| 39Scott BaileyG | 0 | 0 | – |